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(ModeL) T. W. RYDER.

Bouquet Holder.

No. 238,611. Patented March 8,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTOR l BY ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNEK. WASHINGTON. D C.

NHE STATES THOMAS w. RYDER, or TERRYVILLE, AND F. J. JUDD,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF OF SAME PLACE.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed September 25,1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WV. RYDER, of Terryville,in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedBouquet-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedbouquet-holder which is simple in construction, can easily be attachedIO to a coat or dress, and which holds the flowers securely withoutrequiring them to be bound or held with a string before being insertedin the bouquet-holder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1,

2, and 3 are side elevations of my improved bouquet-holder, showing thesocket made of coiled wire. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of abouquet-holder, showing the socket made of coiled sheet metal. Fig. 5 isa plan view of the same. Fig.6 is a side elevation, and Fig.

7 a plan View, of a modification of my improved bouquet-holder.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A wire, A, one end, B, of which has a sharp point to form a pin, C, iscoiled so as to form an inverted conical socket, as shown in Fig. 1; orthe wire can be passed up through the conical socket, as shown in Fig.2, so as to form a 0 pin, D, which passes in between the stems of theflowers and assists in holding them. Finally, the wire maybe first bentdownward from the upper end of thepin C, and the spiral or coil wouldthen be a rising one, whereas in the other two cases it is descending;but

Patent No. 238,611, dated March 8, 1881.

(ModeL) I the socket may also be formed of a piece, E, Figs. 4 and 5, ofsheet metal or similar material, which is also to be coiled, and towhich a pin, F, is attached.

The bouquet-holder may also be made of a central coil, H, with twospringing pins, G G, one at each end of the coil, as shown in Figs.

6 and 7 The bouquet-holder having a socket of coiled wire or metal plateis simply attached by pass- 5 ing the pin into the clothes or hair. Thestems of the flowers can be passed into the sockets without being tied,for the spring of the coiled wire or coiled metal plate presses thestems together, and is sufficient to retain them in the holder; or thestems of the flowers may be passed through the coil H, upon which thepins Gr Gr are drawn together more or less, and passed through or intothe cloth. As soon as the pins are released they will spread 5 and pressthe coil H closely against the garment. This modification is especiallyadapted for holding a single flower.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In bouquet-holders, the combination, with a conicalsocket of spiral wire, of a pin, C, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS WILLIAM RYDER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL O. J UDD, EDWARD A. J UDD.

